Martha Frances Harrison

Martha Frances Harrison

Martha Frances Harrison Reed Royal, c1830-c1875

• Father: Joseph Percivall Harrison b. 22 February 1807, d. 23 December 1881
• Mother: Lucy Burch b. circa 1805, d. between 1837 and 1838

• Martha Frances Harrison was born circa 1830 in Tennessee. Various sources indicate birth in Davidson or Blount County, and in the 1860 & 1870 censuses birthplace is given as Kentucky.
• Joseph Percivall Harrison and Emily Rochell appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Martha Frances Harrison, Mary L. Harrison, Richard Stanford Harrison and Milton Harrison.
• She married Samuel Reed on 18 June 1850 in Walker County, Texas.
• She married Peter Royal on 8 September 1859 in Walker County, Texas.
• Peter Royal and Martha Frances Harrison appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Mary Sanford Reed, Martha Clarana Reed and Katie Bertha Reed.
• Peter Royal and Martha Frances Harrison appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas. Other members of the household included Henry Royal, Martha Clarana Reed, Katie Bertha Reed, Robert James Tedford and William Dickson Tedford.
• About 1873, a photographic portrait was made of Martha Frances Reed Royal and her daughter Katie Reed.
  

  Martha Frances Harrison Reed Royal and daughter Katie Reed, circa 1873
• Peter and Martha Royal sold property in Walker County on 1 December 1874.
• Martha Frances Harrison died circa 1875 in Walker County, Texas.
• Her husband Peter Royal became a widower at her death.

• Last Edited: 29 Nov 2013